‘In him we live and move and have our being’ Īs even some of your own poets have said,īeing then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
Standing among them, the apostle spoke these words: As he was preaching in the synagogue and marketplace, some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers heard him speaking and invited him to present his new teaching to them at the Areopagus. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!Īlong Paul’s second missionary journey, he came to Athens, the great city of philosophy and art. Or where shall I flee from your presence?
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